Merchandising fixture

ABSTRACT

A merchandising fixture for displaying a stack of articles has a clamp for attaching the fixture to the edge of a shelf and a support arm adapted to have attached thereto one of said articles to form a base for the stack thereof.

United States Patent Jacobs 51 Oct. 10,1972

1541 MERCHANDISING FIXTURE [72] Inventor: Donald R. Jacobs, RiverForest, 111.

[73] Assignee: American Home Products Corporation, New York, NY.

22 Filed: Jan.20, 1971 211 App1.No.: 107,981

[52] US. Cl. ..248/226 A [51] Int. Cl. ..A47f 5/00 [58] Field of Search..248/226 A, 316 R [56] References, Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS2,549,753 Ashman ..248/226 A X ll-r'" ll lllllllllllllll 1,801,6374/1931 Nichols ..248/226 A Primary Examiner-William H. SchultzAtt0rneyRobert D. Teichert and Donald J. Koprowski ABSTRACT Amerchandising fixture for displaying a stack of articles has a clamp forattaching the fixture to the edge of a shelf and a support arm adaptedto have attached thereto one of said articles to form a base for thestack thereof.

1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures P'A'TENTEflncI 10 m2 Inventor Donald R.Jacobs MERCHANDISING FIXTURE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The inventionrelates to merchandising fixtures and particularly to a fixture that caneasily be clamped to a shelf to display a stack of articles.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a fixture that willenable a stack of articles to be displayed in strategic locations instores such as supermarkets without taking up any additional shelfspace. For example, a stack of bake pans may be displayed for saleadjacent to the shelves where bake mixes which would be used in the panwould be sold.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned object is attained byproviding a fixture having a clamp structure which is adapted to beattached to the edge of a shelf and a support arm adapted to haveattached thereto one of the articles to form a base for the stackthereof.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an elevational view, partiallycross-sectioned, of the fixture of my invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the fixture showing a clamp having thesupport arm integral therewith.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the fixture showing a clamp having itsupper jaw and upright member separately secured to the support arm.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, themerchandising fixture is comprised generally of a clamp structure 12 andsupport arm 14. The clamp structure 12 has a generally C-shaped mainbody 16. The C-shape is defined by an upright member 18, and upper andlower jaws 20 and 22 respectively. The jaws 20 and 22 extend in the samedirection from upright member 18. One of the jaws, preferably lower jaw22, has a threaded bore 24 adapted to receive a threaded bolt 26. Thebolt 26 preferably includes a contact plate 28 and means 29 for manuallyturning the bolt 26. Thus, by turning the bolt 26, the edge of a shelf30 or the like may be wedged between the upper jaw 20 and contact plate28.

Support arm 14 extends from upright member 18 to the opposite directionfrom that of jaws 20 and 22.

Preferably, an article, such as pan 32 is secured to the support arm 14to serve as a base for a stack of like articles. Obviously, the shape ofthe support arm may vary to accommodate different shapes of articles. Anaperture 34 may be provided in the support arm 14 to enable the pan 32to be affixed simply by means of a screw 36 and bolt 38, or any othersuitable means may be employed.

The simplicity of manufacture of the preferred embodiment is obviousfrom the form presented in the drawings. A rectangular strip of metalneed only be lanced to form lower jaw 22 of the clamp structure 12, andthen bent into the form shown, and bore 29 and aperture 34 provided. Theupright member 18 of the C- shaped main body 16 of clamp structure 12will, of course, have an aperture 40 remaining after the lancing andbending operations are completed, as shown in Another method ofmanufacture would be to provide a rectangular strip of metal that wouldcomprise the support arm 14 and lower jaw 22, and then attach anothermember comprising the upper jaw 20 and upright member 18 by welding,riveting or other means to the support arm to form the C-shaped mainbody 16, as shown in FIG. 4.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the formhereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A one piece metallic merchandising fixture adapted to be fastened tothe edge of a shelf or the like to display a stack of articles saidfixture comprising a clamp structure having a generally C-shaped mainbody, the C-shape being defined by an upright member and upper and lowerjaws extending in the same direction from each end of said uprightmember, said upright member of said main body having a central portionthereof bent to form said lower jaw said lower jaw having a threadedbore, a bolt dimensioned to be received by said threaded bore, said boltcooperating with the other jaw to firmly engage said shelf, and asupport arm extending from said upright member in the opposite directionfrom that of said jaws, said support am being adapted to have attachedthereto one of said articles to form a base for said stack thereof.

1. A one piece metallic merchandising fixture adapted to be fastened tothe edge of a shelf or the like to display a stack of articles saidfixture comprising a clamp structure having a generally C-shaped mainbody, the C-shape being defined by an upright member and upper and lowerjaws extending in the same direction from each end of said uprightmember, said upright member of said main body having a central portionthereof bent to form said lower jaw said lower jaw having a threadedbore, a bolt dimensioned to be received by said threaded bore, said boltcooperating with the other jaw to firmly engage said shelf, and asupport arm extending from said upright member in the opposite directionfrom that of said jaws, said support arm being adapted to have attachedthereto one of said articles to form a base for said stack thereof.